ScrippsNews (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
SAN FRANCISCO -- Olivia Crowther left her London flat last month to become a statistic in San Francisco. The 23-year-old college graduate surfed suicide Web sites, bought a plane ticket for California and, at 9:24 a.m. on June 25, leapt to her death off the Golden Gate Bridge, which has the dubious distinction as the world's No. 1 suicide draw. read more
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
SAN FRANCISCO Olivia Crowther left her London flat last month to become a statistic in San Francisco. Some say Golden Gate suicide barriers would mar an icon, and people would find another way to end their lives. But families of suicides say they would save lives. The Golden Gate Bridge has the dubious distinction of being the world's No. 1 suicide magnet. But most people who jump come...
The Sun (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008
Girl jets 5,000 miles to kill herself after surfing suicide sitesBy NEIL SYSON A GIRL surfed suicide websites for a place to kill herself before flying 5,000 miles and throwing herself off the Golden Gate Bridge. Olivia Crowther, 23, checked into a hotel in San Francisco and leapt to her death the next day. The grisly websites were found in her computer’s internet log by her parents and...
